Ep. 53 Picking Up Rocks and Sharing Stories

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  • Опубликовано: 27 июн 2024
  • In today’s episode Al wears a sweatshirt while the other guys are dying in the heat. Jason and Ben deal with the June drought on the Homestead.
    Al’s first ever tornado warning. Ben continues to wait for parts for his mini split while the heat wave heats up. Jason shares that he sold two Kune kune piglets.
    The guys talk about pig breeding schedules.
    Jason shares about a new side project to help prevent break-ins. He prepares to leave for Iowa. He is still working on his PowerPoint and talk for the event. He’s been busy getting the farm ready to leave for the event.
    Al braves the heat this week and gets the waterlines done. Ben tells a story of building a waterfall with boulders and it reminds Jason and Al of similar stories from their past.
    Ben weighs in on all his produce harvest. He is stoked with the results. He has his pigs in the forest on a single wire. He Smoked a delicious rack of ribs this last week.
    The guys talk about why it’s so hard to sit still. See below for links! Thanks for watching!
    Sow the Land: / @sowtheland
    Lumnah Acres: / @lumnahacres
    Hollar Homestead: / @thehollarhomestead
    Homestead Shop Talk is a weekly audio podcast hosted by Jason Contreras (@sowtheland), Ben Hollar (@thehollarhomestead) and Al Lumnah (@lumnahacres). Three dudes with different homesteads talking about homestead life, content creation, growing a homestead and building a life worth living for. Thanks for listening!

Комментарии • 132

  • @sharoncochran8508
    @sharoncochran8508 16 дней назад +42

    This feels like being at the General Store listening to the local farmers compare notes before scattering their separate ways to go to daily chores. I love it!

  • @AZJH8374
    @AZJH8374 16 дней назад +21

    Jason's gone from RUclipsr to movie star & model!! In one year, & motivational speaker! Way to go Jason! Safe travels 🙏🏻 💕 💓 💖

  • @kathleenpayne1991
    @kathleenpayne1991 16 дней назад +24

    So you guys are a bunch of Rock Stars

  • @srqlisa7881
    @srqlisa7881 16 дней назад +10

    Good luck Jason remember part of that hour use is Q and A.
    It’s only stuff right, you got this.

    • @davidgetchell3633
      @davidgetchell3633 16 дней назад +4

      Jason is going to be a pitch-man, pitching farm equipment !!

  • @evalinawarne1337
    @evalinawarne1337 16 дней назад +10

    Great day to see the 3 BEST FAMILIES.
    A POLICE❤ OFFICER WAS SHOT. HIS FUNERAL IS TODAY. 1/2 MILE FROM ME AT MY CHURCH.
    HE WAS
    30 Y/O. HIS Wife is pregnant#4.
    Please pray for this family.
    And the 18y/o
    Guy arrested.
    GOD BLESS YOU.
    JASON, You will do a great job Sunday morning.
    My dad went to a gravel pit in the 70s, and picked up heavy rocks for the rock garden. Rock on🎉 ❤❤❤.
    Thank you.
    SE MICHIGAN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

  • @rodmackinnon8497
    @rodmackinnon8497 16 дней назад +10

    Funny stories . . . lovely for a Friday morning. Cheers guys.

  • @AZJH8374
    @AZJH8374 16 дней назад +6

    Pampilgrim2! Isn't that the truth! I've watched all 3 of the amigos for each of their days 1! So fun to see them grow on their farms, channels, children & travels. Now they are together for this awesome podcast! I'm from AZ, so Ben & Jason were my neighbors! God bless you all and many prayers 🙏🏻 ❤️ 💛 Nurse Judi from Scottsdale AZ and Eucharistic Minister 🙏🏻 ☦️ 💙

  • @charlesvickers4804
    @charlesvickers4804 16 дней назад +6

    Jason ,do an hour live with your channel fans while your there.

  • @mystichollowfarmandhomestead
    @mystichollowfarmandhomestead 15 дней назад

    I think this is become my favorite podcast/RUclips channel to listen to while I’m milking goats in the barn. I learned so many things! A 55 pound turkey, I would have ground up that meat and made some really great turkey burgers. 🍔 🦃

  • @marylouise890
    @marylouise890 15 дней назад

    I’m late but I’m here and as always I enjoyed watching and listening to the 3 of y’all.
    Be Safe 😊
    💞🇺🇸💞

  • @pampilgrim2274
    @pampilgrim2274 16 дней назад +14

    Good morning, Al, Ben, and Jason! Your podcast is the highlight of my week. Al, I am having a cup of your dark roast coffee. It’s my favorite this week.

  • @margaretkerns4979
    @margaretkerns4979 16 дней назад +7

    I love listening to you guy

  • @gaylewatkins4685
    @gaylewatkins4685 16 дней назад +8

    I enjoy listening to your conversations. You have so much information to share. 🤗❣️

  • @brokenmeats5928
    @brokenmeats5928 16 дней назад +5

    I love ALL Homestead Shop Talk Podcast videos!

  • @HaroldMalaby
    @HaroldMalaby 15 дней назад

    Yes Ben here in Cincinnati which is normally cooler that your area and less humidity thismorning it's starting off at 6:30 AM 80 degrees with little to no wind + 77 % humidity. I too like to get the chores done between 5:30 and 9 and then head for a cooler place. Kudos to you all for the work is never ending but the pleasure of working your own place and your own plan is very rewarding. Enjoy each of you all tallented in different ways so thanks for a full YEAR of sharing it is meaningful to this Old Guy.

  • @doylerabjohn3435
    @doylerabjohn3435 16 дней назад +4

    Good Morning y'all..... Al 55 lb?...That's crazy. Great video.

  • @PICARDY610
    @PICARDY610 15 дней назад +1

    JASON HAS A VERY GOOD BUSINESS SENSE. ALWAYS JAMING THINGS OUT BEHIND THE SCENES. PROUD OF YA

  • @carolwoodward6141
    @carolwoodward6141 16 дней назад +5

    Good morning from Virginia.

  • @shandysgarden
    @shandysgarden 16 дней назад +6

    I have a rock story!! One time when I had a really big freshwater fish tank, I went to a local county park into the stream to collect all kinds of rocks & a few pieces of driftwood for my tank! I took 2 reusable shopping bags, and I came walking out of the woods after getting turned around, barely able to walk anymore, when I realized I was definitely in the wrong place! I had emerged in someone's backyard in a neighborhood cul-de-sac!
    This lady was hand washing her van in the driveway when I came from around her house.
    I was dirty and sweaty & absolutely exhausted. I could barely put words together. She ran inside and got her husband. She probably thought I was some sort of mad woman that was about to beat her with these rocks!
    She might have thought I needed an EMT! I'm surprised she didn't call the squad, REALLY.
    Luckily her husband was willing to drive me to the correct parking lot.
    Later, there were signs telling people to leave the river "habitats" as is, prohibiting guests from removing such things!
    That was a killer tank, though! I sold it for a great price a couple years later!
    This was when I was in an apartment and it was my only connection to wildlife.

  • @babyboomersue4250
    @babyboomersue4250 15 дней назад

    I love joining you three each Friday.

  • @charlesvickers4804
    @charlesvickers4804 16 дней назад +6

    Al, do a cobble platform around you fountains so it doesn't get muddy around them.

  • @kingscairn
    @kingscairn 16 дней назад +3

    Ben n Jason - if ya'lls plannin a trip or just headin to Lowes should give each other a ring to hang out on those hidin hot days

  • @debbieshort9660
    @debbieshort9660 16 дней назад +6

    Good morning guys.

  • @jenniewolford1631
    @jenniewolford1631 16 дней назад +7

    Good morning!

  • @BarbaraMcLamb
    @BarbaraMcLamb 14 дней назад

    Al, I work at a garden center, central NC, flat land. Every time I see you dig up rocks or see your pile of rocks, I wish you were closer to us, lol. We generally carry three sizes of boulders that we go hand pick out and buy from the Western part of NC by the 18 wheeler load. They sell for approximately $150.00, $270.00 to $350.00 depending on the size. They look great in landscaping and waterfalls. You should work something out to sell those things!

  • @goodiebee3007
    @goodiebee3007 14 дней назад

    We have bears in Clemson, SC. Hit the bird feeders on a regular basis. Had a bear on my deck a few summers ago. They seldom give out hunting permits for bear. Lots of deer and coyotes and other critters too. They’ve learned to live near people and take advantage of gardens, etc..

  • @johnbemis4057
    @johnbemis4057 15 дней назад

    Al, sounds like you experienced a downburst. A cold rain induced column collapses . The winds spread out along the ground with the destroyed trees/vegetation layed out in straight lines. A tornadic event will have twisted trees/vegatation, usually the tops are evidence of the s[pinning effects.

  • @leesnow343
    @leesnow343 16 дней назад +3

    I can't even imagine a 55 pound turkey wow

  • @tammysarrazin-ux9tv
    @tammysarrazin-ux9tv 15 дней назад

    Jason the video star, Al the stone picker, and Ben the sun hider hugsssss

  • @clarencewiles963
    @clarencewiles963 16 дней назад +4

    Big bird !

  • @5GreenAcres
    @5GreenAcres 15 дней назад

    Talk to Jason at Cog Hill. Jason and Brooke bought large rocks. You can get an idea of what you can get for them. They come with a hefty price tag.

  • @srqlisa7881
    @srqlisa7881 16 дней назад +3

    My husband did security for a 20k acre property, most of it was leased farming. Yup I married him for the tomatoes. lol
    RIP Johnny

  • @cheriekreusel9453
    @cheriekreusel9453 16 дней назад +6

    Here's my rock story. I live in the city. We had a 200lb big rock out front amid some yucca and pride of Barbados plants and one night someone stole it. A 200 lb rock. Really made me mad.

  • @LB-gr7gu
    @LB-gr7gu 16 дней назад +5

    Kind of a vacation but not. I call that a different Window and it's great.. 💯

  • @michaelboisvert760
    @michaelboisvert760 16 дней назад +2

    Jason you got it man. You’re awesome

  • @irmibullinger1421
    @irmibullinger1421 16 дней назад +3

    I love all the stories you guys tell!

  • @dareil2000
    @dareil2000 15 дней назад

    Enjoyed another guys good job.

  • @carolwoodward6141
    @carolwoodward6141 16 дней назад +4

    Derecho - straight line wind.

  • @kkeenan536
    @kkeenan536 16 дней назад +3

    Speaking of picking up rocks, when I lived in NorCal, in the winter I’d go out to Folsom Lake, let my dog run around and pick up river rock for edging my garden beds!

  • @judythymian3469
    @judythymian3469 16 дней назад +4

    Good job guys

  • @AZJH8374
    @AZJH8374 16 дней назад +2

    WHY DON'T I GET NOTIFICATIONS GUYS? I'VE HIT THE BELL TOO!

  • @osmadchlo
    @osmadchlo 16 дней назад +4

    Awesome, as usual!

  • @josephpedone2004
    @josephpedone2004 16 дней назад +4

    Good morning guys, have a great weekend 😎👍

    • @LB-gr7gu
      @LB-gr7gu 16 дней назад +1

      And don't worry about sweaty wrinkles in Tee shirts 👍👍👍

    • @josephpedone2004
      @josephpedone2004 16 дней назад

      @@LB-gr7gu you commented on my comment 😊

  • @DavidRobinson-mx6cl
    @DavidRobinson-mx6cl 16 дней назад +2

    😊👍🙏❤️ , love your videos !!!!!

  • @wavytiger1
    @wavytiger1 15 дней назад

    The door plate sounds nice, my set up is a metal door frame, metal door and a thick metal bolt, may as well break my window cause you're not coming through the door.

  • @dr3406
    @dr3406 15 дней назад

    💕💗💕🙏🙏🙏 Great podcast!!!

  • @antonianovoa6416
    @antonianovoa6416 16 дней назад +2

    It's headed to California next Tuesday! We need RAIN!!!!!!!

  • @deltorres2100
    @deltorres2100 16 дней назад

    I sweat as well till all my clothes are SOAKED ..2 days we been working in garage..it’s SUPER DUPER HOT !!!!🥵
    It takes a toll I take a Nap..yup it’s been happening

  • @pathologist1
    @pathologist1 15 дней назад

    All, I have watched every one of these videos! I love seeing you guys develop a good friendship in these episodes. (Al, you know my husband and me from the bread cast iron pan more than a year ago.). I cheer you guys on! Julee and Jack Chaffin in Boise.

    • @pathologist1
      @pathologist1 15 дней назад

      And don’t get discouraged! You guys are an inspiration! I have not missed a single episode. None of it is boring. Jack and Julee Chaffin from Boise

  • @rogerwilliams3409
    @rogerwilliams3409 15 дней назад +1

    I also can't wait for Fridays. You guys are absolutely awesome. Love the pod cast

  • @jbbrown7907
    @jbbrown7907 16 дней назад +1

    I listened to this podcast after climbing Pikes Peak and going through Garden of the Gods as we paused for lunch in Colorado Springs. We head east to Kansas for the rest of our day.

  • @homesteadlove
    @homesteadlove 16 дней назад +3

    😂I love the weather comparisons 🤣🤣🤣

  • @marilynm7663
    @marilynm7663 15 дней назад

    We planted a raised bed vegetable garden, which has become a deer buffet, despite our efforts to deter them.

    • @terryhenderson424
      @terryhenderson424 10 дней назад

      We ended up with a hodge podge collection of 6' tall dog kennel fencing and our little planting space sits behind chain link. We did make runs narrow enough and backed up to a tree line so they haven't tempted to jump the chain link. I also run my hand along the chain link at nose height every so often.

  • @debbieshort9660
    @debbieshort9660 15 дней назад +1

    Thanks for having me, I enjoy the conversation.

  • @denisewilson8367
    @denisewilson8367 16 дней назад

    Large rocks & boulders are a penny a pound here.

  • @diannemiller4754
    @diannemiller4754 16 дней назад +1

    Too funny Al, sawing turkey in half so it would fit in the oven.

  • @denisemusicnut
    @denisemusicnut 13 дней назад

    A farmer once told me he didn’t have a single rock on his farm.
    They’re all married with children!

  • @jillyd2807
    @jillyd2807 14 дней назад

    Umming and Arrington, Al! No H 😂

  • @margaretbedwell3211
    @margaretbedwell3211 16 дней назад +1

    Thanks for sharing your stories....I love the one about stealing the boulders. LOL. That would never happen at Al's place. Everyone has as many as he does. In my part of Va. we have had the driest June since they have been keep records of such things. I hope it will be better in July like Ben said it is in NC. Good luck with your talk in Iowa, Jason. Hope y'all have a wonderful time. Y'all stay cool and have a Blessed week.

  • @user-rj4gs1wl8w
    @user-rj4gs1wl8w 16 дней назад +1

  • @shandysgarden
    @shandysgarden 16 дней назад +2

    Strike plates that are heavy duty are cool, but definitely remind people that they're only as good as where you install it. You've got to have a nice thick or hardwood style wood jamb or put it into metal frames, right?
    If you try to pop open a door and the door frame is flimsy, that strike plate with its sunken screws will stay with the door handle or deadbolt assembly will all come flying open with the door, from what I've seen.
    So jealous that you'll be in Iowa! I really wanted to go and meet everyone. Especially You, Jessica and Charles Dowding!
    All in good time! I'd be a crying fan girl mess 😂 just like I was in Virginia at the Homesteaders of America Conference.

  • @glengillis7775
    @glengillis7775 16 дней назад +1

    Good work guys. Rock on!

  • @kingscairn
    @kingscairn 16 дней назад +1

    Just turned the air on 3 days ago - lucky the house is positioned for opening windows on a 3 sides the pull is fantastic - until 90 degree days with no breeze

  • @davidgetchell3633
    @davidgetchell3633 16 дней назад +1

    My ROCK story is when we lived in Orange county,Ca. they built a track of homes in Anaheim hills, five of the homes pricer at over a million dollars each ( late 70s ). One home was built around a very large boulder, the boulder was in the home !

  • @joeleldridge5007
    @joeleldridge5007 16 дней назад +1

    Wow old men talkin' about the weather!! :)

  • @janthomas2896
    @janthomas2896 16 дней назад

    Jason, I live in Des Moines! Make a video when you are in my state!!!

  • @nancywilson7476
    @nancywilson7476 16 дней назад

    I new some guy in northern ca. That use to go out in the country and take/steal large rocks and moss rocks. And use them in landscaping.

  • @ginnysulya9805
    @ginnysulya9805 15 дней назад +1

    Our rock story! My friend has a friend at work that has a creek running through his property! He told my husband that we could have all we wanted! We borrowed our friends F150 and filled the bed with flat stacked rocks! It made a nice little border to the garden around our house! Many old properties have them and are very old! Happy Independence Day to you all! 🇺🇸

  • @robertdeatherage2354
    @robertdeatherage2354 16 дней назад +1

    We did the same thing with the first turkey we ever raised, Al!! The breast alone was 28lbs!!!

  • @TheScintillady
    @TheScintillady 10 дней назад +1

    I've been worried about the Hollars with no videos lately.

  • @hidawayhomestead524
    @hidawayhomestead524 16 дней назад +5

    Strange as it sounds, every time I watch Al with his rocks, I think of the Flintstones. AM I the only one?

    • @davidgetchell3633
      @davidgetchell3633 16 дней назад +3

      NO, didn't you know Al lives in BOLDER CITY, N.H. !!!!

  • @darlenegoncher8544
    @darlenegoncher8544 15 дней назад

    We had straight line winds in Michigan.

  • @bhavens9149
    @bhavens9149 16 дней назад

    Rock Fences

  • @laurel7704
    @laurel7704 16 дней назад +2

    Cold again here too! Washington State. 🥶

  • @janeapesos9612
    @janeapesos9612 15 дней назад

    Have a safe July 4th❤️❤️❤️

  • @cynthiabolick4156
    @cynthiabolick4156 16 дней назад +3

    Tks for video guys. Starts my Fridays off right. Everyone is doing a great job here on podcast. Stsy cool and don't work to hard. Much love to ya.

  • @jbbrown7907
    @jbbrown7907 16 дней назад

    I pastured pigs with a single wire for 12 years. I moved them far more often than today's RUclipsrs. My pigs got moved several times a week.

  • @sandhollowhomestead6972
    @sandhollowhomestead6972 16 дней назад +2

    Yo from Idaho!

  • @marcialittle7893
    @marcialittle7893 16 дней назад

    Al, I raised Mr. Turkey til he was 58 pounds dressed out. I didn't use a sawzall, but had to take his back apart to put in oven. I still have have part of that turkey canned.

  • @lisanowakow3688
    @lisanowakow3688 14 дней назад

    Jason, just put a rooster tail in- subtle, but funny.

  • @tracyzabelle
    @tracyzabelle 15 дней назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @mimib6955
    @mimib6955 15 дней назад

    Al, Gina could use some of the rocks to make flower gardens. Yeah I know another project. But does it really ever end on the homestead.
    Jason, I'm sure you did well at the show. Hope you and your family enjoy your trip. Safe travels.
    Toot away Ben!!! There is nothing like home or grown naturally. I remember always talking with folks and everyone saying remember when this or that used to taste so good? We have learned why. Growing our own is very humbling compared to modern day. Happy belated Birthday Brett!!

  • @AZJH8374
    @AZJH8374 16 дней назад +1

    Those rocks can get up to $1,500!! Yikes.

  • @jbbrown7907
    @jbbrown7907 16 дней назад

    As a young kid, I took apart a stone wall that had stood since colonial days. My parents had to pay to have the stone wall rebuilt.

  • @deltorres2100
    @deltorres2100 16 дней назад

    It’s FREAKING HOT 🥵…it’s Dangerously Hot !!..garden loves it and hates it 🌱 .. I either go out super early or at 745 pm I’m the Evening…and it’s still pretty warm
    But other then that things still busy working on the house -Leveled Done ✅

  • @michaelboisvert760
    @michaelboisvert760 16 дней назад

    The rain will come

  • @deborahtofflemire7727
    @deborahtofflemire7727 16 дней назад +3

    Hi number 53

  • @jbbrown7907
    @jbbrown7907 15 дней назад

    We raised a 45 pounder turkey.

  • @lillianperry6451
    @lillianperry6451 16 дней назад

    Enjoyed your talk. The city decided that I had to have a sidewalk after thirty years tore down my stone wall. Had to get rid of them myself as I couldn't lift them. Put a ad in the paper it was amazing the people wanting them.

  • @jeanneorr7838
    @jeanneorr7838 16 дней назад +2

    Al, do you still have the goat you sent away for?????

    • @tonygrimes13
      @tonygrimes13 13 дней назад

      If you watch Lumnah Acres you should know!! Don't be lazy!!!!!

  • @silviadias7791
    @silviadias7791 16 дней назад

    Years ago when I lived in southern NJ I was driving home past the city park, when I saw an elderly couple had backed up the caddie sedan and were taking the rocks from the drainage pipe to the lake. In broad day light!!

  • @terithibault6717
    @terithibault6717 16 дней назад

    I moved from Minnesota to Arizona in 99. Minnesota is known for its iron mines. In Arizona they were getting hundreds of dollars for rocks. Back up north we would push them into piles and if they were too big to move we would paint them and plant flowers around them. Most homes had more than one "flower" rocks.

  • @diannemiller4754
    @diannemiller4754 16 дней назад

    We have bears here in Central Michigan. My neighbor lady feeds the bird and has many feeders 😮the bears come up regularly and eat. They destroy her poles to the point she has to take the feeders down each evening. She can keep them over her way lol

  • @floret446
    @floret446 16 дней назад

    You joke about people moving out of the cities and the wildlife moving in but I am a born and raised city girl and the wildlife (deer, coyote) started moving in starting in the late 90's when people were clearing the land and building homes. I remember telling my friends that people built housing developments and the deer/coyote moved to the hood. We also have the occasional bear/s and now we have Eagles nesting in the county. Luv your podcasts.

  • @jbbrown7907
    @jbbrown7907 16 дней назад

    We have traveled over 4,000 miles on this trip. We have not found any good ribs this trip.

  • @jillyd2807
    @jillyd2807 14 дней назад

    The Modern Yeoman butchered a 50+ pound turkey last year, I think it was! 🦃

  • @kingscairn
    @kingscairn 16 дней назад

    So hot n dry here the grass sounds like walkin on corn flakes - forget pasturing anything

  • @charlesvickers4804
    @charlesvickers4804 16 дней назад +1

    Ben dont know what it is but every summer when the temps get up my phone and internet gets wonky. Great all spring winter and fall.

  • @carolynspaulding6322
    @carolynspaulding6322 16 дней назад

    Have a great week men really love out chats even though I cannot get a word in edge wise. Like at home with my four brothers. BUT I did get a few points in. We had 6 children 4 boys two girls and I definitely liked the boy stuff best. Told my Mom you had one girl Mom.

  • @jeanneorr7838
    @jeanneorr7838 16 дней назад +2

    we never see your goats anymore????